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Sydney Cricket Ground Weather Today: Will It Rain At The SCG On January 3?

Tanmay Roy
|Published Jan 03, 2024 02:12AM UTC

All the stakeholders should consider themselves fortunate to have witnessed an uninterrupted first session of the first day of the third Test match between Australia and Pakistan at the Sydney Cricket Ground today.

As per reliable weather forecast portal AccuWeather, Sydney was expected to have cloudy skies with an average wind speed of 19-20 kmph most of the day. More importantly, rain prediction in excess of 40% was what was causing fear in both the players and fans’ mind.

As per the same website, clouds will make their presence felt in Sydney throughout the day. At 51%, the rain probability is expected to cross the halfway mark for the first time in the second session. Hence, don’t be surprised if there’s some interruption in play.

It is around the same time period that thunderstorms and dense clouds might also blanket the sky, which could further lead to heavy rainfall. Assuming that the same persists, even bad light could also come into the picture in order to stop the play especially in the evening session. Then there’s also enough humidity, averaging more than 80%, in the air to spur the chances of rainfall.

The chances of thunderstorms are anticipated to get heavier around 04:00 PM (local time), which will be halfway into the last session. This further indicates that the day is likely to be called off before its scheduled time, i.e., 05:30 PM.

Overall, especially after Australia bowling only 24 overs in the morning session, it appears very difficult for a quintessential 90-over day to be executed at the SCG on Wednesday.

For the unversed, this is similar to the first day of the second Melbourne Test when the second session’s play was interrupted owing to heavy clouds. The light meters were out and bad light during the time forced players to halt the game. Eventually, only 66 overs were bowled on Day 1.

Sydney Cricket Ground Weather Today

10:00 AM – 26 degree (Rain Probability – 18%).

11:00 AM – 26 degree (Rain Probability – 43%).

12:00 PM – 27 degree (Rain Probability –47%).

01:00 PM – 27 degree (Rain Probability – 51%).

02:00 PM – 27 degree (Rain Probability – 47%).

03:00 PM – 26 degree (Rain Probability – 47%).

04:00 PM – 25 degree (Rain Probability – 51%).

05:00 PM – 24 degree (Rain Probability – 38%).

06:00 PM – 24 degree (Rain Probability – 32%).

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Tanmay Roy

Tanmay Roy is a Cricket Journalist at The SportsRush, whose lifelong passion and zeal for the Gentleman's Game landed him this position. A writer with 787 articles under him, Tanmay started out as a fast bowler himself, who played and captained his school cricket team, Tanmay followed the likes of Alan Donald, Kapil Dev, Dale Steyn, Shoaib Akhtar, etc. which peaked his interest in the sport at an early age. Tanmay later on took to batting, although he enjoys hitting in the slog overs as a lower order the most. An ardent fan and follower of cricket since Sourav Ganguly aka Dada waved his shirt off at Lord's balcony, Tanmay's 20+ years of devotion towards cricket brings him the joy and satisfaction required from a job as he pens down articles based on factual knowledge, analysis and his own perspective. Of late, a huge fan of Jasprit Bumrah, Shaheen Shah Afridi and Mohammed Shami, Tanmay enjoys to watch fast bowling more than anything. Among other athletes, he is a huge fan of Lionel Messi, Roger Federer, PV Sindhu.